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Report
Managing school infrastructure
In this audit, the Victorian Auditor-General assessed whether the Victorian Department of Education and Training (DET) is effectively planning for and managing school infrastructure.
Technical report
New South Wales Auditor-General’s report performance audit: Planning for school infrastructure
This audit commends NSW's plan for school infrastructure, but says there will be challenges to implementation.
Transcript
Vision or hallucination? Some reflections on the Gonski Review
A keynote address from Dr Ken Boston, former Director-General of Education in South Australia and New South Wales, and member of the Gonski Review panel. Dr Boston spoke on the topic of 'Gonski Report: Vision or Hallucination?'
Essay
“We wouldn’t want to be where you guys are, that’s for sure”
The years of 1972 to 1975 are seen as a turning point that still defines the education landscape. Gough Whitlam’s Australia? Yes, but also Norman Kirk’s New Zealand. That’s where the likeness ends, though, for the new educational epoch Kirk ushered in was quite different from the era created by Whitlam and his education adviser...
Article
Money, schools and politics: some FAQs
Federal minister Simon Birmingham has fired the first shots in the latest battle of the school funding wars. Here’s Inside Story’s short guide to the terrain